Wine, et al v. SCH Electric, LLC

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE: that Respondent Stanly Halls appear on 10/27/2008 at 1:30PM, Courtroom 302, before Magistrate Judge Lawrence O Anderson to show cause why he and Dft SCH Electric, LLC should not be held in indirect civil contempt for Dft's n on-compliance with the Default Judgment. FURTHER ORDERED within 14 days of service of copies of this Order, Stanley Halls or his atty shall file with the Clerk of Court and serve on Plas' counsel a written response to Pla's 22 Motion to H old Dft in Contempt of Court. Plas may file an optional reply within 10 days of service of any written response. ORDERED that the US Marshal Service is directed to serve a certified copy of this Order to Show Cause and Plas' Motion to Hold Dft in Contempt of Court upon Stanley Halls and thereafter file a Return of Service. Signed by Magistrate Judge Lawrence O Anderson on 09/26/08. (see attached pdf for full details) (ESL)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
Dean Wine, as Trustee of the Plaintiff) ) Taft-Hartley trust funds; et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) ) ) SCH Electric, L.L.C., ) ) Defendant. ) )
No. CV-08-0874-PHX-LOA ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiffs' Motion to Hold Defendant In Contempt of Court, filed on September 25, 2008. (docket # 22) Good cause appearing that Defendant has not complied with the Court's August 28, 2008 Default Judgment, docket # 19, and that Stanley Halls is the sole manager and a member of Defendant SCH Electric, L.L.C., a limited liability corporation, IT IS ORDERED that Respondent Stanley Halls shall physically appear before the United States District Court for the District of Arizona in the Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse, 401 West Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona, Third Floor, Courtroom 302, on October 27, 2008, at 1:30 p.m., to show cause why he and
Defendant SCH Electric, L.L.C. should not be held in indirect civil contempt for Defendant's
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non-compliance with the Default Judgment.1 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that: 1. Within fourteen (14) days of service of copies of this order, Stanley Halls or his attorney shall file with the Clerk of the Court and serve on the Plaintiffs' counsel a written response to the Plaintiffs' Motion to Hold Defendant In Contempt of Court. Any defenses to Plaintiffs' Motion that Stanley Halls or Defendant desires to make in opposition shall be made in this written response and shall be supported by appropriate affidavits. 2. Within ten (10) days of service of any written response filed by Stanley Halls or his attorney, Plaintiffs may file an optional reply. Only those issues raised by Plaintiffs' Motion or brought into controversy by the opposition shall be considered by the Court, and any uncontested allegations in the motion shall be deemed admitted. IT IS ORDERED that the United States Marshal Service is directed to serve a
certified copy of this Order to Show Cause and Plaintiffs' Motion to Hold Defendant In
Contempt of Court upon Stanley Halls and thereafter file a Return of Service. Stanley Halls is hereby forewarned that failure to comply with this Order to Show
Cause or the Default Judgment may result in the issuance of a civil arrest warrant executed by the United States Marshal Service and that Stanley Halls may be held in custody until Defendant SCH
Electric, L.L.C. purges the contempt.
DATED this 26th day of September, 2008.
"When the parties have consented to a magistrate judge's exercising plenary jurisdiction over an action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), . . . the magistrate judge may exercise the civil contempt authority of the district court. 28 U.S.C. § 636(e)(4)." Leadsinger v. Cole, 2006 WL 2266312, at * 6 (S.D.N.Y. 2006) (internal quotation marks omitted). Defendant SCH Electric, L.L.C. has neither appeared nor consented to date. If Defendant elects to have the case assigned to a district judge or does nothing, this Magistrate Judge will proceed under 28 U.S.C. § 636(e)(6)(B). N.L.R.B. v. Steele, 2008 WL 474077 (E.D. Mich. 2008). -2-
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